| No | Pattern | Freq | Relations |
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| 1 | [verb] to be [prep] the [noun] | 922 |
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| 2 | [vb pp] to be [prep] the [noun] | 257 |
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| 3 | [vb past] to be [prep] the [noun] | 209 |
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| 4 | [noun] to be [prep] the [noun] | 198 |
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| 5 | [adj] to be [prep] the [noun] | 170 |
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| 6 | [adj] to be [prep] the [noun] | 152 |
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| 7 | [vb -s] to be [prep] the [noun] | 144 |
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| 8 | [noun sg] to be [prep] the [noun] | 128 |
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| 9 | [vb base] to be [prep] the [noun] | 125 |
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| 10 | [vb infin] to be [prep] the [noun] | 115 |
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| 11 | seem to be [prep] the [noun] | 107 |
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| 12 | have to be [prep] the [noun] | 107 |
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| 13 | [vb mod] to be [prep] the [noun] | 73 |
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| 14 | [modal v] to be [prep] the [noun] | 73 |
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| 15 | [v-ing] to be [prep] the [noun] | 68 |
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| 16 | appear to be [prep] the [noun] | 62 |
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| 17 | likely to be [prep] the [noun] | 59 |
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| 18 | likely to be [prep] the [noun] | 59 |
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| 19 | want to be [prep] the [noun] | 59 |
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| 20 | [pron] to be [prep] the [noun] | 55 |
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| 21 | [be] to be [prep] the [noun] | 54 |
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| 22 | be to be [prep] the [noun] | 54 |
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| 23 | [adv] to be [prep] the [noun] | 52 |
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| 24 | [noun pl] to be [prep] the [noun] | 52 |
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| 25 | happen to be [prep] the [noun] | 52 |
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| 26 | go to be [prep] the [noun] | 49 |
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| 27 | going to be [prep] the [noun] | 48 |
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| 28 | used to be [prep] the [noun] | 47 |
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| 29 | used to be [prep] the [noun] | 47 |
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| 30 | [pers pn] to be [prep] the [noun] | 41 |
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